Congregational polity

Congregational polity, or congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church (congregation) is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or "autonomous". ^[1]

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Acephali

In church history, the term acephali (from Ancient Greek:, "headless", singular from, "without", and, "head") has been applied to several sects that supposedly had no leader.

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American Baptist Churches USA

The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a Baptist Christian denomination established in 1907 as the Northern Baptist Convention, and named the American Baptist Convention from 1950 to 1972.

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Autonomy

In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

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Baptists

Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion. Congregational polity and Baptists are Christian terminology.

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Bishop

A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. Congregational polity and bishop are Christian terminology.

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Cambridge Platform

The Cambridge Platform is a statement of congregational church government for the churches of colonial New England. Congregational polity and Cambridge Platform are congregationalism.

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Canadian Unitarian Council

The Canadian Unitarian Council (Conseil unitarien du Canada) (CUC) is a liberal religious association of Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist congregations in Canada.

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Charismatic Christianity

Charismatic Christianity is a form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts as an everyday part of a believer's life.

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Christian denomination

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder. Congregational polity and Christian denomination are Christian terminology.

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Church (congregation)

A church (or local church) is a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location. Congregational polity and church (congregation) are Christian terminology.

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Churches of Christ

The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Congregational polity and Churches of Christ are Christian terminology.

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Clergy

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions.

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Congregational Methodist Church

The Congregational Methodist Church (CMC) is a Methodist denomination of Christianity based in North America.

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Congregationalism

Congregationalism (also Congregationalist churches or Congregational churches) is a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government. Congregational polity and Congregationalism are Christian terminology.

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Conservative Congregational Christian Conference

The Conservative Congregational Christian Conference is a Congregationalist denomination of Protestant Christianity that is based in the United States.

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Deacon

A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Congregational polity and deacon are Christian terminology.

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Ecclesiastical polity

Ecclesiastical polity is the government of a church. Congregational polity and Ecclesiastical polity are Christian terminology, church organization and ecclesiastical polities.

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Ecclesiology

In Christian theology, ecclesiology is the study of the Church, the origins of Christianity, its relationship to Jesus, its role in salvation, its polity, its discipline, its eschatology, and its leadership. Congregational polity and ecclesiology are Christian terminology.

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Elder (Christianity)

In Christianity, an elder is a person who is valued for wisdom and holds a position of responsibility and authority in a Christian group. Congregational polity and elder (Christianity) are Christian terminology.

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English Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism in England is practised by followers of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism who practise the Presbyterian form of church government.

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Episcopal Baptists

Although most Baptist groups are congregationalist in polity, some have different ecclesiastical organization and adopt an episcopal polity governance.

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Episcopal polity

An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. Congregational polity and episcopal polity are Christian terminology and ecclesiastical polities.

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Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches

The Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches (EFCC) is an association of around 100 independent local churches in the United Kingdom, each practising congregationalist church governance.

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Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity. Congregational polity and Evangelicalism are Christian terminology.

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Everett Ferguson

Everett Ferguson (born February 18, 1933) currently serves as Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.

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Friends General Conference

Friends General Conference (FGC) is an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings and 12 autonomous monthly meetings.

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Friends United Meeting

Friends United Meeting (FUM) is an association of twenty-six yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean.

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Independent (religion)

In Welsh and English church history, Independents advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider geographical hierarchy, either ecclesiastical or political. Congregational polity and Independent (religion) are Christian terminology and congregationalism.

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Independent Baptist

Independent Baptist churches (also called Independent Fundamental Baptist or IFB) are Christian congregations, generally holding to conservative (primarily fundamentalist) Baptist beliefs.

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Laity

In religious organizations, the laity consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. Congregational polity and Methodism are Christian terminology.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South

The Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MEC, S; also Methodist Episcopal Church South) was the American Methodist denomination resulting from the 19th-century split over the issue of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC).

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Minister (Christianity)

In Christianity, a minister is a person authorised by a church or other religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community. Congregational polity and minister (Christianity) are Christian terminology.

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Monthly meeting

In the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), a monthly meeting or area meeting is the basic governing body, a congregation which holds regular meetings for business for Quakers in a given area.

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National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention (NBC USA or NBC), is a Baptist Christian denomination headquartered at the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee and affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance.

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New England

New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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Nondenominational Christianity

Nondenominational Christianity (or non-denominational Christianity) consists of churches, and individual Christians, which typically distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities by not formally aligning with a specific Christian denomination. Congregational polity and Nondenominational Christianity are Christian terminology.

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Parachurch organization

Parachurch organizations are Christian faith-based organizations that work outside and across denominations to engage in social welfare and evangelism. Congregational polity and Parachurch organization are Christian terminology.

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Preacher

A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people.

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Presbyterian polity

Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders. Congregational polity and Presbyterian polity are Christian terminology, church organization and ecclesiastical polities.

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Priesthood of all believers

The priesthood of all believers is either the general Christian belief that all Christians form a common priesthood, or, alternatively, the specific Protestant belief that this universal priesthood precludes the ministerial priesthood (holy orders) found in some other churches, including Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Congregational polity and priesthood of all believers are Christian terminology.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. Congregational polity and Protestantism are Christian terminology.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. Congregational polity and Puritans are Christian terminology and congregationalism.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Restoration Movement

The Restoration Movement (also known as the American Restoration Movement or the Stone–Campbell Movement, and pejoratively as Campbellism) is a Christian movement that began on the United States frontier during the Second Great Awakening (1790–1840) of the early 19th century.

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Savoy Declaration

The Savoy Declaration is a Congregationalist confession of Faith. Congregational polity and Savoy Declaration are congregationalism.

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Saybrook Platform

The Saybrook Platform was a constitution for the Congregational church in Connecticut in the 18th century. Congregational polity and Saybrook Platform are congregationalism.

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Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Baptist Christian denomination based in the United States.

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Unitarian Universalist Association

Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations.

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United and uniting churches

A united church, also called a uniting church, is a denomination formed from the merger or other form of church union of two or more different Protestant Christian denominations, a number of which come from separate and distinct denominational orientations or traditions. Congregational polity and united and uniting churches are church organization.

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United Church of Christ

The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a socially liberal mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Restorationist, Continental Reformed, and Lutheran traditions, and with approximately 4,600 churches and 712,000 members.

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Wesleyan theology

Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles Wesley. Congregational polity and Wesleyan theology are Christian terminology.

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Willow Creek Community Church

Willow Creek Community Church is an Evangelical nondenominational multisite megachurch based in the northwestern Chicago suburb of South Barrington, Illinois.

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Yearly Meeting

Yearly Meeting is an organization composed of constituent meetings or churches of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, within a geographical area.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_polity

Also known as Congregational church governance, Congregational polities, Congregational rule, Congregationalist Church governance, Congregationalist polity, Congregationalit polity.

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